I have purchased Microsoft Office Home and Student 2007 and installed
it on my computer. This package does not include Outlook 2007. I
have still installed on my computer Outlook 2003.

I have Outlook configured to use Word as my text editor and to read
rich-text emails.

When using Outlook to write a new email, the machine gives an error
message and says that it can't find Word 2003, and reverts instead to
the Outlook text editor.

Is there a way to guide Outlook 2003 to utilize Word 2007?

No, that's not possible.

--
Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Author of Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003
http://www.turtleflock.com/olconfig/index.htm
and Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for
Administrators, Power Users, and Developers
http://www.outlookcode.com/jumpstart.aspx

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